Cervical lymphadenopathy: Unwinding the hidden truth

Ramadas, Athira Aruna; Jose, Renju; Varma, Beena; Chandy, Marina Lazar

doi:10.4103/1735-3327.201136

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“…A majority of the patients (45, 90.00%) had unilateral Tuberculous Cervical Lymphadenopathy (TCL), particularly more involvement of right side of cervical region (29, 58.00%). Commonly involved lymph node group was level V (26, 52.00%) followed by level III (12,24.00%) and level VI (5, 10.00%) ( Table 3). The ESR was raised in 45 (90.00%) patients and it was more than 30mm in the first hour in most of the cases.…”

Section: Infective Lymphadenopathy Tuberculosis Metastasismentioning

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“…There are many causes of cervical lymphadenopathy like malignancies, infections, autoimmune disorders, iatrogenic and other miscellaneous conditions. 12 There are more chances of wrong clinical diagnosis in case of lymphadenopathy than any other diseases. The certain diagnosis can be made on the bases of histopathological examination of lymph node's biopsies.…”

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A clinical study of tuberculous cervical lymphadenopathy: surgeon’s perspectives

Patel¹

2019

Int Surg J

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Background: Cervical lymphadenopathy is common in this country. There are many causes of cervical lymphadenopathy like, malignancies, infections, autoimmune disorders, iatrogenic, and other miscellaneous conditions. There are more chances of wrong clinical diagnosis in case of lymphadenopathy than any other diseases. The present study was planned with the objective to study the clinical presentation of tuberculous cervical lymphadenopathy. Methods: A prospective, cross-sectional study was undertaken with inclusion of all cases of cervical lymphadenopathy attending the department of general surgery. The patients with cervical lymphadenopathy irrespective of age, sex, caste, religion, socio-economic status, duration and severity of illness were included in this study. The patients with primary malignancy, patients with clinical features of suspected malignancy like obvious growth or ulcer in head and neck region and pregnant women were excluded from the study. Results: Total 130 patients presented with cervical lymphadenopathy during the study duration. Infective etiology was the commonest (55, 42.31%) cause for the cervical lymphadenopathy followed by TB (50, 38.46%). The commonest age group affected by tuberculous cervical lymphadenopathy (TCL) was 20-35 years. The females (29, 58.00%) were more affected with TCL as compared to males (21, 42.00%). A majority of the patients (45, 90.00%) had unilateral TCL. Commonly involved lymph node group was level V (26, 52.00%). Other than excision biopsy (12 patients), no other type of surgery was needed in patients. Conclusions: Though, anti-tuberculous chemotherapy is the mainstay of treatment for TCL, surgical treatment is more useful in selected cases. In this regard, early diagnosis and treatment are critical in lowering the overall prevalence. Therefore, it is important that surgeons are aware of tuberculosis in the head and neck region.

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Section: Infective Lymphadenopathy Tuberculosis Metastasismentioning

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A clinical study of tuberculous cervical lymphadenopathy: surgeon’s perspectives

Patel¹

2019

Int Surg J

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“…Homogeneous uptake with SUV max value of about 10 is seen. Primary breast lymphoma staging is done according to the Ann Arbor staging system [6]. It is classified as stage 1 if the involvement is limited to the breast, stage 2 if there are more than 2 axillary lymph nodes at the same side with breast involvement, stage 3 if there is lymph node involvement on both sides, and stage 4 if there is an extra lymphatic area or organ involvement.…”

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A case of primary bilateral breast lymphoma presenting with a painless mass in the left breast

Şanlı¹,

Yıldırım²

2021

J Clin Invest Surg.

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Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women. Patients usually present with a rapidly progressed painless mass in the breast. The first pathological entity to be considered is breast cancer in case of newly developed painless mass, so that radiological and pathological evaluations must be performed. However, some systemic disorders; benign conditions like rheumatological diseases, and also systemic malignancies such as lymphoma, can mimic breast cancer by involving the breast. It is necessary to distinguish between such diseases through a correct diagnosis, because they have very different treatments and prognoses. We present a case diagnosed as bilateral primary breast lymphoma with a palpable mass in a single breast, its clinical and radiological characteristics. This case report suggests that systemic diseases should be considered in the differential diagnosis of breast diseases and breast masses, especially when there is bilaterally involvement, as discussed in this article.

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“…None other studies that measured lymphadenopathies location were found. The second location was cervical lymphadenopathies (9.8 %), which can be also affected in other processes such as immune maturation, infections of the respiratory tract, inflammatory reactivity to vaccines, dentition and further miscellaneous conditions [27]. The mentioned processes can stimulate lymphadenopathies in general.…”

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Prevalence, incidence, clinical manifestations and factors associated with pediculosis capitis in nursery school children of a low-income area from Colombia

Ortega¹,

Monje²,

López-Valencia³

et al. 2019

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Objectives: epidemiology of pediculosis capitis was determined. The worldwide distributed ectoparasite, Pediculus humanus capitis, causes pediculosis capitis. Although risk factors for children are known, studies about its clinical description are rare. Materials and methods: cross-sectional descriptive study based on a sample (356 children) aged 1 to 5 of a low-income area from Popayán, Colombia. Two observations were practiced: at the beginning and at the end of the year 2017. Hair, scalp, lymphatic nodules and frontotemporal, parietal, occipital, nuchal and retroauricular cutaneous regions were examined. Insects were mechanically removed by wetting the hair and using lice combs. Nits, nymphs and adult lice were gathered and stored for future studies. Results: prevalence and incidence of pediculosis capitis were 5.1 % and 20.2 %, respectively. The associated variables were mainly infestation antecedent, long hair, female sex and eliminating with shampoo (95 % CI: 15-20). Clinical variables: presence of adenopathies, hair scalp inflammation and nuchal adenopathies (25-35 %); nits and lice localized in occipital region, hair scalp itching and retroauricular itching (20-25 %). Conclusions: pediculosis capitis affects those nursery children studied. It is important to know the variables associated for prevention, control and eradication of head lice infestation.

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Cervical lymphadenopathy: Unwinding the hidden truth

Cited by 13 publications

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A clinical study of tuberculous cervical lymphadenopathy: surgeon’s perspectives

A clinical study of tuberculous cervical lymphadenopathy: surgeon’s perspectives

A case of primary bilateral breast lymphoma presenting with a painless mass in the left breast

Prevalence, incidence, clinical manifestations and factors associated with pediculosis capitis in nursery school children of a low-income area from Colombia

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